Olympia Regional Learning Academy

2025-26 School Year

 

 

 

2024-25 School Year

 

ORLA Montessori Lottery Enrollment Information Meetings Now CLOSED for 2024-25.

If you would like to be added to an Interest List for 2024-25 school year, please fill out the OSD Transfer Request:

 

ORLA Montessori Transfer Waitlist 2024-2025

 

We will use the contacts from this list to build a wait-list and notify families of open spots for our K-5th grades as they become available throughout the school year

  

The lottery was held on May 10th, with offers being made May 15, 2024. Out of district candidates will be contacted on May 31, 2024. 

 

After accepting a spot, registration materials were sent to families.

 

We are looking forward to meeting you! 

If your student has not been accepted into the ORLA lottery and you complete the online registration, your application will NOT be processed.

At this time, ORLA will offer the following grades for the 2024-2025 school year:

• 4 - Kindergarten (5 years old by August 31) - 2nd grades
• 3 - 3rd - 5th grades

Additional Information

• Is Montessori Right for My Child?
• ORLA Montessori 2018 Video with Teachers
• OSD Choice Program Lottery Information
• Countdown to Kindergarten w
• View a recording of the 2021 presentation
• View a copy of the 2021 slideshow
• ALE Statement of Understanding

ORLA Montessori Classes:

Fall 2024 the following grades:

• Four Kindergarten (5 years old by August 31) - 2nd grades
• Three 3rd - 5th grades

Is Montessori Right For My Child?

 

How much does it cost to enroll?

 ORLA Montessori is free and part of the wonderful alternative choices within the  Olympia Public School system.

 

Where are you located?

 Our school is off Boulevard Road at 2400 15th Ave SE Olympia, 98501.

Office hours are 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. Contact 360-596-7730

Attendance Line at 360-596-7773.

 

What is the Montessori Work Period?

 The Montessori Method is built around a 3-hour work period during which, students work at their own pace. Under the guidance of the teacher, they may choose to pursue activities in math, language, science, history, geography, practical life or sensorial. At any time on any day, all of these activities may be occurring simultaneously. Students may work independently, with a partner, or with a small group of children.

 

The Montessori Materials

The classroom environment is prepared with learning materials specially designed and sequenced to spark curiosity and foster independent learning. Hands-on, self-correcting manipulatives in math and language allow students to work independently towards mastery of concepts presented. Engaging charts, timelines, books, and nomenclature cards fill the shelves of the cultural areas, inviting and guiding the students through studies of geography, history, and science. Additional materials may be found at the Supply Lists link required by each classroom.

 

Curriculum

 The carefully structured Montessori classroom is organized into five distinct curricular areas:

 

•  Sensorial: Students develop and train all five senses to explore, classify, discriminate, and order their world.
•  Practical Life: Students develop motor skills, concentration, grace and courtesy through activities with a lifelong practical application such as pouring and measuring, gardening, using good manners, and other skills that lead to independence.
•  Math: Hands-on manipulative materials allow students to work independently and develop concrete understandings of place value, number order, operations and facts, fractions and geometry.
•  Language: In addition to guided lessons in reading and writing, manipulative materials in the language area give practice in phonics, grammar, spelling, and handwriting - giving a solid foundation for progressively advanced skills.
•  Cultural: History, geography and science materials allow the student to discover and expand their knowledge of various forms of life on earth and their interdependence, our universe from the beginning of time to the present day, the physical laws of science, and the history of the development of civilizations and culture.

 

• Kindergarten Math Goals
• Level 1 Math Goals
• Level 2 Math Goals
• Level 3 Math Goals
• Level 4 Math Goals
• Level 5 Math Goals
• Level 6 Math Goals

 

 

ORLA Montessori values the natural curiosity and learning abilities of a child. The classroom has materials specially designed and sequenced to spark curiosity and foster independent learning.

 

Each teacher has a specific supply list for their room, however these items are needed for the specific grade level.

 

Kindergarten, First & Second Grade

 

ALL K-2 STUDENTS: Personal Supplies - Please label with your child’s name.

A complete change of clothes for your child in a Ziploc bag (in case of accidents or spills).
Emergency Supply Bag – 1 package non-perishable food item in case of emergency (crackers, bars, jerky, etc.) Food items should have a 1-year shelf life.
1 blue 2-pocket folders
1 sketch pad
1 Primary Journal (each page is ½ blank space for drawing and has lines underneath for writing) Last year, Office Depot and Fred Meyer carried these; they are also available from many online vendors.
One chubby pencil

One pink eraser

Shared Materials (Do not label:
Grade K: 1 box colored markers, 1 box chubby crayons (8 colors)
Grade 1: 1 box of facial tissues (kleenex), 1 pack of baby wipes
Grade 2: 1 box colored pencils, 1 box regular pencils (pre-sharpened preferred)

All students: One ream 8 1/2 x 11 inch white copy paper, 20 lb. 500 sheets.

Note: Individual teachers may have an additional request once the school year begins.

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Third, Fourth & Fifth Grade

 

Personal supplies (write student’s name on these items, PLEASE.)

 1” binder

 6 dividers with pockets

 3 plastic folders with pockets and brads

 1 clip board

 Backpack or book bag. (The ORLA Office has backpacks available with basic supplies included, just ask!)

 Tri-fold board for Science Project (5th grade)

 4 Composition Notebooks [red (ELA/Writing), blue (Math/Geometry), and black ( S.S./Science), please]

 1 hi-polymer eraser

 1 ruler (inches & centimeters)

 1 sturdy magazine holder

 

 1 drawing notebook (blank pages, may use last years)

 1 emergency pack: a Ziploc style bag with your child’s name, containing a change of clothes, socks, non-perishable foods, and an emergency blanket.

 1 spill proof water bottle to leave at school (LABELED)

 

 Shared supplies throughout the year: (Please do not write student’s names on these items)

 24 pencils (plain yellow, wooden) Ticonderoga preferred

 1 boxes 12 count colored pencils

 1 set of 16 watercolors

 5 whiteboard markers

 glue sticks (pack of 8)

 2 Large containers of disinfectant wipes-

 2 boxes of Tissues

 One Costco Sized bag or box of non-perishable snack

 2 ultra fine point Sharpie

 2 fine point Sharpie

 1 packet Wide Ruled Lined paper - and/or - 1 packet graph paper

1 ream 8 1/2 x 11 inch cardstock paper

 

 

 Optional/Suggestion Items:

 Erasable Pens for Final Drafts

 Pencil Top Erasers

 Oil Pastels

 Plastic protractors

 Upgraded Headphones to block noise

 Upgraded storage clipboard without calculator

 Large ziplock bags

 Small ziplock bags

1 pair of headphones (corded for computer/optional with a boom mic)

I pack of Watercolor paper

 1 ream 8 1/2 x 11 inch white copy paper, 20 lb. 500 sheets.

To Volunteer at ORLA do these two steps:

• Attend a required Volunteer Orientation meeting - these are held every Tuesday at 9AM via Zoom.  Click THIS LINK to access the Zoom.

Complete the OSD Volunteer application and be approved by the district - this generally takes between 2-5 days and you will receive an email from the district when you are approved.  Here is the link to the OSD Volunteer application:   OSD Volunteer Application

Thank you so much for helping us at our school!